Residential social vulnerability among healthcare personnel with and without severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in Five US states, May-December 2020.
Maria ZlotorzynskaNora CheaTaniece R EureRebecca Alkis RamirezGregory T BlazekChristopher A CzajaHelen JohnstonDevra BarterMelissa KelloggCatherine EmanuelRuth LynfieldAshley FellSarah LimSara LovettErin C PhippsSarah Shrum DavisMarla SieversGhinwa K DumyatiCathleen ConcannonChristopher MyersKathryn McCulloughAmy WoodsChristine HurleyErin LicherdellRebecca PierceValerie L S OcampoEric William HallShelley S MagillCheri T GriggPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2023)
These findings suggest that residing in more socially vulnerable census tracts may be associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among HCP and that residential vulnerability differs by HCP role. Efforts to safeguard the US healthcare workforce and advance health equity should address the social determinants that drive racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic health disparities.